Pouring handle



April 1940a T/H. JENKINS 2,196,529

roun'mG HANDLE I Filed Nov. 3, 1938 provided with a handle and thus make it easy to pour liquids without requiring theuse'ofmore Patented Apr. 9, 1940 I UNIT D" h s an r a The present invention has for its object to Associated with the chains I and 2 is a handle produce a simple and novel device" by means of which a large bottleor other container may be than one hand. a

In carrying'out my invention, I loop'aro-und the bottle or other article a flexible member provided with a handle by means of which the device may be contracted aboutthe article so as firmly'to hold the same. This handle may then be em played for transportingthe article. Therefore,

viewed in one of its aspects, the present invention may be said tohave for its object to, produce a 1 simple and novel handled article carrier comprising a flexible member adapted to be tightened around the article. I

The various-featuresjof novelty whereby'my invention :is characterized will hereinafter'be each other Fig. 3 is atop planview of the bottle and attachment, as shown in Figs. 1 andZ; and Fig. 4 is a plan view on a larger scale, showing only a fragment of the bottle,'the handle being v in section, and the flexible member being shown in an expanded condition so as to be loose on the j bottle. 3 I

In order that a bottle 7 tively held'and manipulated so as to pour therefrom, any handle therefor should'be 'fixed rela'-- tively thereto so as to function in the manner of. a pitcher handle, for example. This can be accomplished, by employing a long handle and fastening both ends ,to the bottle; The fastening may take the form of a wide band adapted to embrace the bottle; the ends being attached to the handle and being adapted to be drawn to-;

gether or spread apart thereby, to tighten the band on the bottle for use or loosen the band for removal from the bottle. The efiect of a wide band can be obtained with two pieces of chain, cord or the like, spaced apart from :eachqother lengthwise of the bottle, and this is the construction which I have illustrated; l and 2 representing chains each of which is long enough to extend entirely around the largest bottle to be handled.

members.

or the like may be efieccomprising two bar-like elements 3 and 4, which maybe made from heavy wire; the ends of the members3 and 4 being bent:laterally to form similar arms 5, one pair on each of the handle Corresponding arms on the handle members cross each other and'jare pinned together, as indicated at 6, so that whenthe menibers 3 and 4 move toward or recede from each other, the free ends of the corresponding pairs of arms have similar movements.

may be openedto-ldetach the chains. The other I endsof the chains-are connectedto the remaining arms ofthe handle device; these latter connec- One end of the .chain l is connected to the free end ofone 'oi' the arms on the handle element 4, while the corresponding end of the chain 2 is secured to. the

tions being preferablydetachable so as to permit the effective'links of the chains to be increased or decreased accordingto the size of the bottle.

In the arrangementshown, these connections are l by means of links 1 likethose at the opposite ends of the chains; one. longitudinal member of each of'athese links being divided between the ends thereof, and the wire ends thus produced being: formed respectively ina hook'8 and an 'eye 9 for receiving the hook. By pressing the hook out of the eye, the link becomes open, and the link of the chain with which it happens to be engaged can bes'lipped off and the connection be shifted farther along the chain in one direction :or the other. The ends of thechain, where the adjust-. -mentsare to be made,are shown as terminating in hooks 'lllwhich permit any unused portionof a chain to-be caught in a loop by engaging the; hook in one ofthe links of the main portion of the chain.

About halfway between the ends of'the two chains, I place a strut H about as long as the handle. This strut, which may be-a simple piece of stiff wire having at the ends eyes to surround elements-era pair, of links in; the two chains, serves toke'ep the two chains in parallel planes when they are tightened around the bottle, and

selves in planes at right angles to the axis of the bottle upon being tightened.

[2 which tends normally to draw together the bar thus makes it easy for the chains to place them-j.

members of the handle and also to draw together the free ends of each pair of crossed arms In other'wo'rds, when the chains have been prop- 50 Associated with thejtwo-part handle is a spring bar members 3 and 4 are spread apart somewhat when the device is tightened upon a bottle, as

chains tightly about the bottle.

erly adjusted for length, and the two bars er the handle are spread apart far'enough, the chains may be slipped down over the bottle and, upon,

releasing the handle the spring will draw the V The efiective lengths of the chain must always be such that the shown in Figs. 1 and 3. This insures thatthe spring is free to draw the chains into still smaller loops when the device is notson the bottleand therefore maintain a constant tightening effort on the chains while they remain on the bottle. In

' order to remove the device from the bottle, one

' bottle or the bottle to be lifted out of their emneed only spread the bar members 3 and 4' apart,

as shown in Fig. 4, thereby spreading apart. the

points of connection between each chain and the handle, and loosening: the chains. 7

In Figs. 1 to. 3 the handle on the bottle A permits pouring from the latter by simply'grasping the handle and tilting the bottle in the manner of a pitcher or teapot, for example. The tighter;

the grip on the handle, the more tightly are the chainsdrawn about the bottle, so that the handle cannot slip along or off the bottle. When it is desired to take on" the. handle, the bar members 3 and 4 are spread apart, as in Fig. 4, loosening the chains andpermitting them to drop oif the brace. To again apply the device to thebottle, the bar members of the handle are spread to make the chain loops large enough to pass easily over the same. Then, upon releasing the spreading pressure on the handle, the spring comes into mit pouring therefrom in; the same manner as from a pitcher, my invention is not limited to this use but may serve asa handle for any article or asan article or bundle carrier.

. While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and. de scribed; but intend to cover all forms and arrangementswhich come within the definitions of my invention constituting the appended towardeach other, two chains each connected =at oneend to one of the arms of one of said members, and a device on each arm of the second of said handle members for detachable engagement with the other end of one of said chains.

2. In combination, two U-shaped wire handle members having relatively short arms, corresponding'arms of the said-members crossing each other and being pinned together to permit the closed ends of said members to swing from and toward each other, two chains each connected at one end to one of the arms, of one of said members, a device on each arm of the second of said handle members for detachable engagement with the other end of oneof said chains, and a spr ng acting on said handle members in a direction tending to move the connecting pieces between the arms thereof toward each other.

3. In combination, two U.-shapedwire handle members having relatively short arms, corresponding arms of the said members crossing each other and being pinned together to permit the closed, ends of said members to swing from and toward each other, two chains each connected at one end to one ofthe arms drone. of, said members, a device on each arm of the second of said handle members for-detachable engagement with the other end of one of said: chains, a spring acting on said handle members in a direction tending to move :the connecting pieces between the arms thereof toward each other, anda wire strut about as longas the said connecting pieces extending between and connected at its ends to the chains at points between, the ends of the latter.

TAZEWELL H. JENKINS. 

